This edited volume contains the best papers in the geo-engineering field accepted for presentation at the 1 st Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Tunisia 2018. In addition, it includes 3 keynotes by international experts on the following topics:

1. A new three-dimensional rock mass strength criterion

2. New tools and techniques of remote sensing for geologic hazard assessment

3. Land subsidence induced by the engineering-environmental effects in Shanghai China

The book is useful for readers who would like to get a broad coverage in geo-engineering. It contains 11 chapters covering the following main areas: (a) Applications in geo-environmental engineering including soil remediation, (b) Characterization of geo-materials using geological, geotechnical and geophysical techniques, (c) Soil improvement applications, (d) Soil behaviour under dynamic loading, (e) Recent studies on expansive soils, (f) Analytical and numerical modelling of various geo-structures, (g) Slope stability, (h) Landslides, (i) Subsidence studies and (j) Recent studies on various other types of geo-hazards.

Provides a comprehensive coverage of geo-environmental engineering, geotechnics, geomechanics and geo-hazards Focuses on some brand new developments in geo-engineering, geotechnics and geomechanics Contains some state-of-the-art-techniques for applications in geo-engineering

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Dr. Karrech has a Multi-Disciplinary B.Sc. in Engineering from Tunisia Polytechnic School (Tunisia, 2001), a M.Sc. in Mechanics of Solids and Structures (2004) and a PhD in Materials and Structures (2008) from the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (Paris France). In addition, he received an Accreditation to Supervise Research in Engineering Sciences from the Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay (Paris, France, 2013). Assoc/Prof Karrech is currently an Associate Professor and Graduate Research Coordinator at the School of Civil, Environmental, and Mining Engineering of the University of Western Australia. Prior to his appointment at the UWA, Assoc/Prof Karrech was a Senior Research Scientist at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation(CSIRO) until July 2012. He had also held the position of Assistant professor at the Petroleum Institute of Abu Dhabi (2007-2009). He received several research awards especially from the Australian Research Council and The Research Council of Oman. Assoc/Prof Karrech's research interests are in the computational geo-mechanics for resource engineering applications. In particular, he focuses on poromechanics, plasticity, finite transformations, continuum damage mechanics, non-equilibrium thermodynamics, and multi-physics coupling. He is currently a member of Engineers Australia (MIEAust) and a member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (MAusIMM). In 2017 Assoc/Prof Karrech joined the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (Springer) as an Associate Editor responsible for evaluating submissions in the fields of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering with particular focus on computational geo-mechanics for resource engineering applications. **

Dr. Kallel** holds a B.Eng. in Georesources and Environment (1998) from the University of Sfax (Tunisia), a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. degree in Georesources and Environment (2004) from Hokkaido University (Japan). He joined Venture BusinessLaboratory (VBL) at Akita University, Japan (20052006) as a researcher focusing on refining and recycling technologies for recovering of rare elements from natural and secondary sources. Back in Tunisia, he started working at the University of Gabes from 20062011 where he contributed to the elaboration of teaching programs at the Higher Institute of Water Sciences and Technologies of Gabes. Since 2011, he has started lecturing at the Sfax National School of Engineering (University of Sfax, Tunisia). There, he has been also involved in various research projects related to Environmental Geology and Environmental Geotechnics. Dr. Kallel has organized many prestigious workshops, seminars and international conferences. Currently, he is supporting the editorial board of the Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration (Springer). In 2016 Dr. Kallel joined the AJGS as an Assistant Editor supporting the Editor-in-Chief.
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Dr. Shukla** is an internationally recognized expert in the field of Civil (Geotechnical) Engineering. He is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering. He is also the Program Leader of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia. He holds the distinguished professorship in civil engineering at five international universities in India and Fiji. His research interests include geosynthetics, ground improvement and several other topics. He is an author of 10 books, and more than 200 research papers, including over 120 refereed journal papers. He is a fellow of Engineers Australia and several other professional bodies. He serves on the editorial boards of 12 international journals.

Dr. Karakus holds a B.Sc. in Mining Engineering (1991) from Hacettepe University (Turkey), and a Ph.D. degree in Geotechnical Engineering (2000) from the University of Leeds, UK. He is currently Associate Professor in the School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering and leading Mining/Geotechnical Engineering Research Group. His research area is the field of experimental rock mechanics, fracture propagation and damage assessment by acoustic emissions, constitutive modeling and numerical analysis in tunneling and rock mechanics. He has also been researching on strain burst/rock burst analysis for deep tunnels and mining excavations. He has directed and involved in many research projects including ARC - Australian Research Council grants, CRC-Deep Exploration Technologies, ACARP - Australian Coal Association Research and Industry supported projects. Dr. Karakus has published several book chapters and over a hundred papers in international Journals and Conferences. Dr. Karakus is a member of Editorial board of three journals; International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, International Journal of Mining, Reclamation, and Environment. He is currently serving as an associate editor of Arabian Journal of Geosciences.
Dr. Cui is the Dean of Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology. In July 2008, he obtained the PhD from School of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. Since then, he had been a postdoctoral research fellow in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology for one year. He joined Shanghai Institute of Geological Survey in 2009. In July 2010, he joined CUMT as an associate professor and was promoted to full professor in 2013. Supported by China Scholarship Council, from Aug. 2015 to Aug. 2016, as a visiting scholar, he researched and studied in the department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder. He won Nomination of 100 Excellent Doctoral Dissertations in China in 2011. He won Shanghai Excellent Doctoral Dissertations in 2010 and Excellent doctorate thesis of Tongji University in 2009. In 2015, he was awarded the third prize of Shanghai Natural Science. In 2003, he was awarded the second prize of Natural Science of the Ministry of Education. In 2008, he was awarded the second prize of Progress of Science and Technology in Shanghai. In 2012, he was selected as Qinglan Project for Outstanding Young Teachers of Jiangsu Province and in 2016, he was selected as 333 Talent Project in Jiangsu Province. In 2014 and in 2017, he was twice selected as Young Academic Leader of China University of Mining and Technology. In 2015, he was awarded as Excellent Innovation Team Leader of China University of Mining and…